Egyptian court sentences hunger-striking American to life in prison as country continues crackdown on Muslim BrotherhoodSoltan, who grew up in Missouri, Michigan and Ohio and graduated from Ohio State in 2012, has been on a hunger strike over his detention ... was among the 14 detainees sentenced to death. The US embassy in Cairo said in a statement that it was 'gravely ...04/11/2015 - 3:12 am | View Link

Guantánamo parole board OKs release of obese Egyptian captiveA Periodic Review Board decision released Wednesday said Tariq el Sawah, 57, was “one of the most compliant detainees at Guantánamo” and had no more ties with extremists. “The Board considered the detainee’s change of ideology and renunciation of ...02/24/2015 - 11:50 pm | View Link

Prominent Egyptian civil rights activist freed on bailCAIRO – Worn out but smiling, a prominent Egyptian activist facing retrial on a 15-year ... who said she had started a 48-hour hunger strike in support of the detainees. The release of Abdel-Fattah was welcomed as a small victory by the young activists ...09/16/2014 - 10:51 am | View Link

Prominent Egyptian activist freed on bail"I ask you (the judge) to step aside and to give me a chance to stand before a different court, in which I would be reassured, and to start the court proceedings ... she had started a 48-hour hunger strike in support of the detainees.09/15/2014 - 2:15 am | View Link

Egyptian hunger strike campaign gains momentumA hunger strike campaign in solidarity with Egyptian political detainees has gained momentum ... Two journalists, Mostafa Bassouiny and Mona Selim, will start their hunger strike on Thursday at the syndicate, Baksh added. A number of political parties ...09/11/2014 - 7:32 am | View Link

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Mau Mau UprisingThe Mau Mau Uprising (1952–64), also known as the Mau Mau Rebellion, the Kenya Emergency, and the Mau Mau Revolt, was a war in the British Kenya Colony (1920–63). ...03/14/2018 - 6:55 am | View Website

Washington PostCorker prediction: Trump will pull out of Iran nuclear deal in MayWashington PostThe chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee is predicting that President Trump will not extend the United States' participation in the Iran nuclear pact past May — a development likely to please the deal's critics but throw the

BBC NewsRussian spy: EU offers solidarity over Salisbury poisoning caseBBC NewsThe EU has offered the UK "unqualified solidarity" in its investigation into the poisoning of ex-Russian spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter in Salisbury. A statement urged Russia to address the UK's questions and called for a full disclosure of its